Court order terming Sanjay-Manyata illegal stayed

Mumbai, April 07: In what would come as a relief to the beleaguered celebrity couple Sanjay Dutt and Manyata, the Mumbai Sessions Court on Monday ordered a stay on an earlier decision by a court in Bandra that had declared their marriage as illegal. The Sessions Court’s order would give Sanjay and Manyata some more time to put forth their case in a more effective way as the Bandra Court had earlier asked them to furnish all important documents, proving the legality of their marriage, by April 15. Following the Session Court order, the couple need not appear in the court with the documents. Dutt married Manyata as per Hindu rites on February 11 in Mumbai, but the wedding ran into rough weather after a Mumbai undertrial, Meraj Rehman, made bigamy allegations claiming that he was still Manyata`s husband. The couple had earlier solemnised their wedding in Goa, but it came under legal scanner, as the Goa Marriage Registrar`s Office found the residential certificate submitted as fake. The registrar had issued a notice asking the couple to clarify.Replying to the notice, Dutt and Manyata filed an application to the Goa marriage registrar seeking cancellation of their marriage, which was later accepted by the registrar.